Narrative poem · 1828

Konrad Wallenrod

An Historical Poem

by Adam Mickiewicz

Translated by Maude Ashurst Biggs (1882)

Mickiewicz's narrative poem of 1828 in six cantos: a Lithuanian taken as a boy by the Teutonic Knights rises to be their Grand Master, and, hiding his vengeance behind a mask, leads the Order to ruin. Read in its day as a parable of Poland under Russian rule. Translated by Maude Ashurst Biggs.

Contents · 7 parts

• Introduction55 lines
• Canto I: The Electionabout 130 lines
• Canto IIabout 160 lines
• Canto IIIabout 310 lines
• Canto IV: The Festivalabout 830 lines
• Canto V: Warabout 200 lines
• Canto VI: The Partingabout 300 lines

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